Federal

Title 5 — Government Organization and Employees

1,161 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 7325 — Political activity permitted; employees residing in certain municipalities
• § 7326 — Penalties
• § 7341 — Repealed. Pub. L. 90–83, § 1(45)(B) , Sept. 11, 1967 , 81 Stat. 208 ]
• § 7342 — Receipt and disposition of foreign gifts and decorations
• § 7351 — Gifts to superiors
• § 7352 — Excessive and habitual use of intoxicants
• § 7353 — Gifts to Federal employees
• § 7361 — Drug abuse
• § 7362 — Alcohol abuse and alcoholism
• § 7363 — Reports to Congress
• § 7371 — Mandatory removal from employment of law enforcement officers convicted of felonies
• § 7501 — Definitions
• § 7502 — Actions covered
• § 7503 — Cause and procedure
• § 7504 — Regulations
• § 7511 — Definitions; application
• § 7512 — Actions covered
• § 7513 — Cause and procedure
• § 7514 — Regulations
• § 7515 — Discipline of supervisors based on retaliation against whistleblowers
• § 7521 — Actions against administrative law judges
• § 7531 — Definitions
• § 7532 — Suspension and removal
• § 7533 — Effect on other statutes
• § 7541 — Definitions
• § 7542 — Actions covered
• § 7543 — Cause and procedure
• § 7701 — Appellate procedures
• § 7702 — Actions involving discrimination
• § 7703 — Judicial review of decisions of the Merit Systems Protection Board
• § 7901 — Health service programs
• § 7902 — Safety programs
• § 7903 — Protective clothing and equipment
• § 7904 — Employee assistance programs relating to drug abuse and alcohol abuse
• § 7905 — Programs to encourage commuting by means other than single-occupancy motor vehicles
• § 7906 — Services of post-combat case coordinators
• § 801 — Congressional review
• § 802 — Congressional disapproval procedure
• § 803 — Special rule on statutory, regulatory, and judicial deadlines
• § 804 — Definitions
• § 805 — Judicial review
• § 806 — Applicability; severability
• § 807 — Exemption for monetary policy
• § 808 — Effective date of certain rules
• § 8101 — Definitions
• § 8102 — Compensation for disability or death of employee
• § 8102a — Death gratuity for injuries incurred in connection with employee’s service with an Armed Force
• § 8103 — Medical services and initial medical and other benefits
• § 8104 — Vocational rehabilitation
• § 8105 — Total disability
• § 8106 — Partial disability
• § 8107 — Compensation schedule
• § 8108 — Reduction of compensation for subsequent injury to same member
• § 8109 — Beneficiaries of awards unpaid at death; order of precedence
• § 8110 — Augmented compensation for dependents
• § 8111 — Additional compensation for services of attendants or vocational rehabilitation
• § 8112 — Maximum and minimum monthly payments
• § 8113 — Increase or decrease of basic compensation
• § 8114 — Computation of pay
• § 8115 — Determination of wage-earning capacity
• § 8116 — Limitations on right to receive compensation
• § 8117 — Time of accrual of right
• § 8118 — Continuation of pay; election to use annual or sick leave
• § 8119 — Notice of injury or death
• § 8120 — Report of injury
• § 8121 — Claim
• § 8122 — Time for making claim
• § 8123 — Physical examinations
• § 8124 — Findings and award; hearings
• § 8125 — Misbehavior at proceedings
• § 8126 — Subpenas; oaths; examination of witnesses
• § 8127 — Representation; attorneys’ fees
• § 8128 — Review of award
• § 8129 — Recovery of overpayments
• § 8130 — Assignment of claim
• § 8131 — Subrogation of the United States
• § 8132 — Adjustment after recovery from a third person
• § 8133 — Compensation in case of death
• § 8134 — Funeral expenses; transportation of body
• § 8135 — Lump-sum payment
• § 8136 — Initial payments outside the United States
• § 8137 — Compensation for noncitizens and nonresidents
• § 8138 — Minimum limit modification for noncitizens and aliens
• § 8139 — Employees of the District of Columbia
• § 8140 — Members of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
• § 8141 — Civil Air Patrol volunteers
• § 8142 — Peace Corps volunteers
• § 8143 — Job Corps enrollees; volunteers in service to America
• § 8143a — Members of the National Teacher Corps
• § 8143b — Employees in fire protection activities
• § 8144 — Student-employees
• § 8145 — Administration
• § 8146 — Administration for the Panama Canal Commission and The Alaska Railroad
• § 8146a — Cost-of-living adjustment of compensation
• § 8147 — Employees’ Compensation Fund
• § 8148 — Forfeiture of benefits by convicted felons
• § 8149 — Regulations
• § 8150 — Effect on other statutes
• § 8151 — Civil service retention rights
• § 8152 — Annual report
• § 8171 — Compensation for work injuries; generally
• § 8172 — Employees not citizens or residents of the United States
• § 8173 — Liability under this subchapter exclusive
• § 8191 — Determination of eligibility
• § 8192 — Benefits
• § 8193 — Administration
• § 8301 — Uniform retirement date
• § 8311 — Definitions
• § 8312 — Conviction of certain offenses
• § 8313 — Absence from the United States to avoid prosecution
• § 8314 — Refusal to testify
• § 8315 — Falsifying employment applications
• § 8316 — Refund of contributions and deposits
• § 8317 — Repayment of annuity or retired pay properly paid; waiver
• § 8318 — Restoration of annuity or retired pay
• § 8319 — Removal of members of the uniformed services from rolls; restoration; reappointment
• § 8320 — Offense or violation committed in compliance with orders
• § 8321 — Liability of accountable employees
• § 8322 — Effect on other statutes
• § 8331 — Definitions
• § 8332 — Creditable service
• § 8333 — Eligibility for annuity
• § 8334 — Deductions, contributions, and deposits
• § 8335 — Mandatory separation
• § 8336 — Immediate retirement
• § 8336a — Phased retirement
• § 8337 — Disability retirement
• § 8338 — Deferred retirement
• § 8339 — Computation of annuity
• § 8340 — Cost-of-living adjustment of annuities
• § 8341 — Survivor annuities
• § 8342 — Lump-sum benefits; designation of beneficiary; order of precedence
• § 8343 — Additional annuities; voluntary contributions
• § 8343a — Alternative forms of annuities
• § 8344 — Annuities and pay on reemployment
• § 8345 — Payment of benefits; commencement, termination, and waiver of annuity
• § 8345a — Embezzlement or conversion of payments
• § 8346 — Exemption from legal process; recovery of payments
• § 8347 — Administration; regulations
• § 8348 — Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund
• § 8349 — Offset relating to certain benefits under the Social Security Act
• § 8350 — Retirement counseling
• § 8351 — Participation in the Thrift Savings Plan
• § 8401 — Definitions
• § 8402 — Federal Employees’ Retirement System; exclusions
• § 8403 — Relationship to the Social Security Act
• § 8410 — Eligibility for annuity
• § 8411 — Creditable service
• § 8412 — Immediate retirement
• § 8412a — Phased retirement
• § 8413 — Deferred retirement
• § 8414 — Early retirement
• § 8415 — Computation of basic annuity
• § 8416 — Survivor reduction for a current spouse
• § 8417 — Survivor reduction for a former spouse
• § 8418 — Survivor elections; deposit; offsets
• § 8419 — Survivor reductions; computation
• § 8420 — Insurable interest reductions
• § 8420a — Alternative forms of annuities
• § 8421 — Annuity supplement
• § 8421a — Reductions on account of earnings from work performed while entitled to an annuity supplement
• § 8422 — Deductions from pay; contributions for other service; deposits
• § 8423 — Government contributions
• § 8424 — Lump-sum benefits; designation of beneficiary; order of precedence
• § 8425 — Mandatory separation
• § 8431 — Certain transfers to be treated as a separation
• § 8432 — Contributions
• § 8432a — Payment of lost earnings
• § 8432b — Contributions of persons who perform military service
• § 8432c — Contributions of certain persons reemployed after service with international organizations
• § 8432d — Qualified Roth contribution program
• § 8433 — Benefits and election of benefits
• § 8434 — Annuities: methods of payment; election; purchase
• § 8435 — Protections for spouses and former spouses
• § 8436 — Administrative provisions
• § 8437 — Thrift Savings Fund
• § 8438 — Investment of Thrift Savings Fund
• § 8439 — Accounting and information
• § 8440 — Tax treatment of the Thrift Savings Fund
• § 8440a — Justices and judges
• § 8440b — Bankruptcy judges and magistrate judges
• § 8440c — Court of Federal Claims judges
• § 8440d — Judges of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
• § 8440e — Members of the uniformed services
• § 8440f — Maximum percentage allowable for certain participants
• § 8441 — Definitions
• § 8442 — Rights of a widow or widower
• § 8443 — Rights of a child
• § 8444 — Rights of a named individual with an insurable interest
• § 8445 — Rights of a former spouse
• § 8451 — Disability retirement
• § 8452 — Computation of disability annuity
• § 8453 — Application
• § 8454 — Medical examination
• § 8455 — Recovery; restoration of earning capacity
• § 8456 — Military reserve technicians
• § 8457 — Renumbered § 8456]
• § 8461 — Authority of the Office of Personnel Management
• § 8462 — Cost-of-living adjustments
• § 8463 — Rate of benefits